HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2003--The Process, Power &
Offshore division of Corporation (NASDAQ:
INGR) officially unveiled
SmartPlant(R) 3D, the most advanced plant design technology offered by
any vendor in the last two decades, today at the 10th annual
DaratechPLANT conference.

The result of a seven-year R&D initiative, SmartPlant 3D
translates advanced functionality, usability and work process
improvement concepts into tangible business benefits to shorten
schedules, boost productivity and increase engineering quality. These
benefits are enabled by breakthroughs in usability, database
architecture, rules-based design, global worksharing, design task and
drawing automation, real-time clash detection and operating plant
support. Extensibility of SmartPlant 3D includes the engineering
enterprise integration and workflow management capabilities of
SmartPlant Foundation as well as front-end engineering and design
(FEED) applications such as SmartPlant P&ID and third-party analysis
software.

SmartPlant 3D advances the process, power and offshore industries
well beyond today's 3D CAD technology. The new technology promises to
fundamentally change and improve work processes and represents
opportunity for engineers and designers to increase effectiveness of
their roles.

Huntsville, Ala.-based Intergraph Process, Power & Offshore is
demonstrating the new technology at the global conference which
continues here through Wednesday at the Houston InterContinental
Hotel.

Usability Promotes Productivity

The first fully comprehensive multidisciplinary plant modeling
system in a single, unified environment, SmartPlant 3D comprises one
tool for all major engineering disciplines, including construction.
Supported through permissions, project and security controls, part
catalogs and associated rule bases, SmartPlant 3D presents an
individualized workspace complete with the toolset specific to the
user's role and task, such as piping or structural design. SmartPlant
3D eliminates usability disadvantages of today's systems and
represents the first plant design software in which ease of use is a
major objective. Users concentrate on applying knowledge to design
rather than on using software.

In the streamlined SmartPlant 3D user interface, a simplified menu
bar and a small number of easily mastered commands replace hundreds of
commands, multiple tool palettes and cascading menus typical of
current software. One- or two-click operations, drag-and-drop, right
button clicks, wizards and other simplified actions are extensively
used to reduce complexity. The familiar, consistent Microsoft Windows
user interface means that users can quickly learn the tools of
multiple disciplines, making it cost effective to use SmartPlant 3D on
smaller projects - especially in the operating plant environment -
where a small group or a single engineer/designer may be handling all
the work.

SmartPlant 3D ease of use dramatically reduces the need for
support and administration resources, training and non-productive
design time associated with current systems. Running on commodity
hardware and software, SmartPlant 3D eliminates the need for high-cost
hardware and prerequisite software as well as highly-specialized
support experts. Ready availability of a large market of software
technicians with Microsoft tool expertise for routine configuration
and system administration further reduces IT infrastructure costs.

The Fundamental Edge: Data-centric, Rule-based Design

SmartPlant 3D data-centric architecture and intelligent behavior
dynamically enforce design standards and automate routine design
tasks. The most crucial advance SmartPlant 3D provides is coupling
this functionality with new design work process flexibility.
SmartPlant 3D eliminates limitations of existing tools, all of which
segregate data either into files or "check-in/check-out" database
extracts. SmartPlant object-level data sharing enables novel
approaches to design that cannot be provided by existing tools. This
unique combination of advanced functionality and unsurpassed work
process flexibility will result in compressed project schedules and
more optimal plant designs, enabling facility owners to reap
substantial benefit.

Rule-based design governs the interrelationships, connectivities
and behaviors of all items in the model as represented by intelligent
objects. The rules define the practical engineering and parametric
behavior of the intelligent objects when they are created, modified,
moved or deleted. For example, if a piping engineer resizes a pipeline
or changes its piping spec, all parts comprising that line update
accordingly. If the designer moves the line, any attached pipe
supports automatically resize themselves wherever possible. According
to permissions, users can only change the objects for which they are
responsible within their assigned role and discipline, system or plant
unit area. SmartPlant 3D maintains a "to-do" list based on design
inconsistencies which alerts others to changes in the model requiring
their attention. Consequently, modifying the 3D model is even easier
to accomplish than initially creating it.

SmartPlant 3D is the first plant design application which aims to
automate production of all drawing types. The software slashes
production from hundreds of hours to a fraction of that time by
automatically generating drawings. Increased productivity means that
companies can focus resources on design quality, resulting in more
constructible designs on shorter schedules. For plant owners,
SmartPlant 3D drawing functionality makes plant modification work
package creation faster and easier. For engineering and construction
firms, SmartPlant 3D eliminates the production bottleneck, simplifying
and speeding drawing production for bids, fabrication and
construction.

With SmartPlant 3D, drawing production is no longer a series of
costly, resource-consuming CAD tasks, because these key deliverables
are generated as graphical reports from project data. From a single
environment, users can generate numerous drawing types on demand,
including piping, equipment, HVAC, electrical, instrument, civil and
structural. SmartPlant 3D drawings are designed to be as complete as
possible with little or no user intervention required on the resulting
deliverables. Changes in the model automatically flag drawings for
updates.

Clashes are visually flagged according to type in the model and
displayed in an editable interference list maintained in the
engineering data repository. Double-clicking a flagged item in the
list locates and zooms in on the clash for a detail view. Users have
the option of accepting or resolving interferences as they occur while
working with the involved discipline engineers to solve the problem or
waiting until related design tasks are complete.

SmartPlant 3D is fully incorporated into the SmartPlant Foundation
engineering data management environment, which also provides
application integration services. SmartPlant 3D publishes issued
drawings into workflows that automatically e-mail notifications when
new or updated drawings are available. Drawings and reports published
to SmartPlant Foundation may be accessed via Web browser by project
personnel and authorized users outside the firewall.

Likewise, SmartPlant 3D both publishes and retrieves data to and
from other applications integrated through SmartPlant Foundation,
which is enabled by The Engineering Framework enterprise integration
technology. At the end of a project, the entire information asset
comprises a digital handover package for the plant owner to use during
operations. Together, SmartPlant 3D and SmartPlant Foundation comprise
a totally integrated engineering environment, introducing an
unprecedented level of new capability specifically tailored for the
process, power and offshore industries.

About Intergraph Process, Power & Offshore

With nearly a quarter century of industry experience, Intergraph
Process, Power & Offshore enables customers to create, capture and
manage plant information as a strategic asset by providing integrated
life cycle solutions for the engineering, design, construction and
operation of process and power plants as well as offshore oil and gas
facilities. Core brands include the SmartPlant(R) and PDS(TM) (Plant
Design System) suites, the SmartPlant Foundation lifecycle engineering
information management and MARIAN(R) materials, procurement and supply
chain management solutions. Intergraph Process, Power & Offshore
(
www.intergraph.com/ppo) is the acknowledged global leader in the
plant creation market (Source: Daratech Inc.). A division of
Intergraph Corporation, Process, Power & Offshore is headquartered in
Huntsville, Ala. USA, employs more than 800 people and does business
in more than 60 countries.

Intergraph Corporation common stock trades on The Nasdaq Stock
Market under the symbol: INGR.

Intergraph, the Intergraph logo and SmartPlant are registered
trademarks of Intergraph Corporation. Other brands and product names
may be trademarks of their respective owners. (C) 2003 Intergraph
Corporation.

Software prices, availability, functions, features and
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prices quoted are in United States dollars and subject to applicable
taxes and international currency exchange rates. This news release
contains forward-looking statements regarding future events that are
subject to risks and uncertainties. Certain risks and uncertainties of
Intergraph Corporation are discussed in the company's Form 10K filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Copies are available
without charge upon written request to Shareholder Relations,
Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville, Ala. 35894 USA.